The German publishing holding Axel Springer will purchase the Politico policy site. This was reported by the press service of Axel Springer.
The holding has signed an agreement with the founder and publisher of Politico, Robert Allbritton, to acquire the American company Politico and the news website Protocol, which specializes in the technology sector.
The holding will also buy another 50% of Politico Europe, which currently operates as a joint venture.
In turn, Reuters writes that Axel Springer will acquire Politico under a deal for more than $ 1 billion.
Note that journalists who previously worked at the Washington Post founded Politico in 2007. The company now employs about 700 people across North America, more than half of whom are editors. Politico Europe, which was founded 7 years ago, now employs almost 200 people.
At the same time, Springer owns a number of news agencies, including Bild, Welt and Insider, and is active in more than 40 countries.
SoftServe is expanding its presence and opening new office spaces in four cities — Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Uzhhorod, and Odesa. They are available for 250 people working in these regions as well as other employees. The coworking in Vinnytsia where SoftServe has around 50 employees is already fully operating. Odesa is the next — office space […]
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Radisson Hotel Group is proud to be the world’s first hotel group to make all meetings and events across 400+ hotels in its EMEA portfolio carbon negative. For every event taking place at its participating hotels, Radisson Hotel Group will offset double the carbon footprint, to ensure that every meeting has a positive impact on […]
During trading on Monday, October 11, the price of a barrel of Brent oil rose by 2% to $ 84.01. She reached this mark for the first time since October 2018. US WTI oil rose by $ 1.62 to $ 81.3 – the highest price since 2014, according to Reuters. It is noted that Brent […]
The agreement on a single corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent was signed by 136 states, which account for more than 90 percent of world GDP. The agreement is aimed at combating tax evasion by international corporations. The initiative was also signed by countries that were initially opposed to tax reform, such as […]
The savings of Ukrainian citizens outside the banking system are estimated at $ 30-35 billion. This estimate was given by the chairman of the National Bank Kyrylo Shevchenko during the Kyiv Economic Forum. There are different estimates of the “gray” economy. We in the National Bank believe that this is up to 30% of GDP. […]
During the week, the National Bank of Ukraine bought $ 228 million on the interbank foreign exchange market. At the same time, the central bank did not sell currency on the interbank market. So the NBU continued to buy currency on the interbank market, the bank increased it compared to last week ($ 15 million) […]
The new Tesla factory in Berlin may release the first electric cars next month. CEO Elon Musk stated this. Speaking at the plant, Musk said he hoped to get the green light to begin production in the coming weeks. The last consultation on public concern about the plant ends on October 14, after which the […]
As informs investment media of Ukraine InVenture, the European Commission, which is an organ of the executive branch of the European Union and is responsible for the preparation of draft laws, should provide Ukraine € 100 million if the Verkhovna Rada will take on the Energy Efficiency Fund bill. Conditions for EU investment funds in […]
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The Homsters Company, which was founded by Ukrainian and Polish, and is better known in our country as Prof.Estate, raised $ 600,000 from private investors for the launch of the company in Vientam under the brand TimHome.vn. Homsters unites three projects: two marketplaces on real estate (Homsters.kz Timhome.vn in Kazakhstan and TimHome.vn. in Vietnam) and […]
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US Employees of Facebook were allowed to work in a remote location by June next year. Most Facebook personnel were switched to remote mode in late March, and in April, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that it is the last among of those to resume working in the office at the end of a pandemic of […]
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The Ukrainian Sokil-300 drone is an analogue of the Turkish Bayraktar and it may join the army next year. The head of Ukroboronprom Igor Fomenko announced it in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. “This is an analogue of the same Turkish Bayraktar. With funding it may already be adopted in a year,” he said. Fomenko says […]
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Ukrzaliznytsia subsidiary Center software production signed five agreements with oil provider regarding purchase of 65 thousand tons of diesel fuel. This volume should be enough for two and a half months to ensure stable passenger – and freight transport. This was announced today from the data message posted on the official website of Ukrainian Railways. […]
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The American corporation Amazon has received permission from the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States to use drones to deliver cargo. This was reported by TASS. As reported, on August 29, management allowed the “use of unmanned aerial systems” service Prime Air, owned by Amazon. The relevant inquiry Corporation sent in 2019. Representatives of […]
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Deutsche Bank was able to resolve the conflict with the US regulator, agreeing with the charges of tax evasion and taking on the obligation to pay a fine in the amount of $ 95 million. It is reported by financial portal MinFin with reference to the foreign sources. In a statement, the bank’s press secretary […]
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The Luxembourg National Data Protection Commission has fined Amazon $ 887 million for violating the processing of users’ personal data. The Commission has decided that the processing of Amazon’s personal data does not comply with EU data protection regulations. Claims are related to showing customers relevant advertising. This is a record fine for such violations […]
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In April, Ukraine’s international reserves increased by $ 965.30 million (by 3.6%) and as of May 1 amounted to $ 28 billion. This was reported on the website of the National Bank. “In April, they increased by 3.6%, taking into account foreign exchange earnings in favor of the government and the revaluation of financial instruments,” […]
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Shares of General Motors, down by 3.7% since the beginning of the year, rose by 3.9% in trading after the company announced the results of the 3rd quarter, which ended on September 30. General Motors reported earnings per share increase of 65% to $ 2.83, which was higher than analysts expected $ 1.38. The amount […]
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According to the Business Europe magazine, Dutch companies have expanded the export by 4% to 1.2 billion euros. To compare with 2015, this year foreign companies have exported more products to Ukraine. Particularly, the export concerns the agricultural business. The Dutch party has concluded the contract with the Ukrainian party in the beginning of this […]
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Ukraine has acceded to the Protocol about record of revisions to European agreement for international highway carriage of dangerous materials. It is reported by UKRINFORM. 234 national deputies supported the adoption of the bill. As noted during the presentation of the document in Verkhovna Rada Anastasiia Deeva (Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs), Ukraine acceded to the […]
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Business assessments of economic growth in Ukraine have improved for the first time since the first quarter of 2020 – the index of business expectations of enterprises returned to a positive value of 108.4%. This is evidenced by the results of a survey of company executives conducted by the National Bank of Ukraine in the […]
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Ukraine is in the top 10 countries with the highest earnings on Bitcoin in 2020 – Ukrainian investors received about $ 400 million in profits on cryptocurrency. The Ministry of Finance with reference to the data of the analytical company Chainalysis reported this. The authors of the rating draw attention to the obvious dominance of […]
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Shares of Peloton, which rose nearly 346% since the beginning of the year, rose 2% during trading on Friday after the company published the results of the first quarter of fiscal 2021, which ended September 30. Peloton, which went public a little over a year ago, reported earnings per share for the second quarter in […]
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Apple Inc. for the first time in 2016 ranked first in the list of most valuable brands in the world. Brand Finance analysts estimated the company at $ 263.4 billion. Amazon ($ 254.2 billion) is second in the annual Brand Finance Global 500 ranking, followed by Google ($ 191.2 billion). The top ten most expensive […]
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